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Lopezia ; and if fo, what are the characters of 

 each? 



13. A defcription of the fmall grains and pha- 

 feoli, with which the Indians on the Coromandel 

 coaft fow their fields after the rice harveft, with 

 the minutiae of their cultivation, efpecially the 

 machines employed for watering the grounds. 



14. A tree or plant in Cochin China, called 

 Tfai, on being fermented like Indigo, plentifully 

 furnifhes a green-coloured flour, which in dying 

 gives a lafting tincture of a fine emerald; it would 

 be therefore worth inquiring after the method of 

 extracting the colour, and the additional fubftan- 

 ces employed in fixing it, and what fluffs are beft 

 fitted to receive the fame. 



15* Are the ftamina of the pterocarpus draco, 

 Lin. which is called Draco arbor filiquofa populi 

 folio, by Commelin, and Lingoiim by Rumph. 

 Amb. 2. t. 70. connected or feparate? 



16. Which genus of plants does the true ebony 

 belong to ? Is it an afpalathus ? 



17. Many varieties of rice are found in India, 

 as the red, with red hufks ; the little rice, fmall 

 grained, oblong and tranfparent ; the great long 

 rice, with round grains; the dry rice, which 

 grows beft on a dry foil, and requires no water- 

 ing ; and the common rice ; are thefe various 

 kinds of rice different fpecies or varieties only ? 

 The culture, characters,, and fpecimens of each, 

 if different, would be neceffary. 



18. There is an elaftic gum, called Borrachio 

 in Portuguefe, and Rabutchuck in the language 

 of the natives near Cayenne in South America, of 



which 



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